Survival probability greatly reduced study finds

[fairchaser]

DNR Announces Primary Results Of Southwest Wisconsin CWD, Deer And Predator Study | Wisconsin DNR

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today presented the primary results of the Southwest Wisconsin Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), Deer and Predator Study to the Natural Resources Board (NRB). A recording of the NRB meeting, including this presentation, is available on the DNR's...

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[BSK]

Thanks for posting the study fairchaser.

 

[Ski]

While the results aren't unexpected, it is the first study I've seen of wild deer where impact on herd is quantifiable.

@fairchaser you have been sounding the alarm for years and this study very closely aligns with what you and others have been seeing in real time.

 

[fairchaser]

While the results aren't unexpected, it is the first study I've seen of wild deer where impact on herd is quantifiable.

@fairchaser you have been sounding the alarm for years and this study very closely aligns with what you and others have been seeing in real time.

Thanks Ski! This is what we experienced. Once the prevalence rate on does got to 30%, there were noticeable declines in population. We only killed 10 does this season but only 1 positive. I'm hoping this wasn't a statistical anomaly and that we might see a bump in the population now. Our bucks were still at 50-60% but they aren't as critical to the population as does.

 

[Snake]

The effect of CWD plus killing them at a pace not normal how would anyone not expect the deer population to decline ?? I just don't understand the concept of killing more deer to off set CWD .

 

[mike243]

The effect of CWD plus killing them at a pace not normal how would anyone not expect the deer population to decline ?? I just don't understand the concept of killing more deer to off set CWD .

It's to lower the population and to slow down the need to range farther to find doe's to breed, less interaction between deer should slow down the transfer, it boils down to less deer for a undetermined time, at some point the numbers can be allowed to raise again but maybe not to previous #'s. it's not a season or 2 game, I am not sure how long it will take to lower the infection but with it taking a couple years for 1 to die it might take awhile and some areas may see most of the deer gone in pockets.